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Wooster daily Republican. (Wooster, Ohio), 1917-09-24

Wooster daily Republican. (Wooster, Ohio), 1917-09-24 page 1

'ER Dai OUR WIRX NEWS Is so late you do not have to watt till tomorrow morn tag' papers. EPUBL1CAN Fair tonight warmer central" and east portion. Tuesday fair and warmer; Vol. XXXI, No. 95 WOOSTER OHIO. MONDAY, SEPT. 24, 1917 PRICE 2 CEIUS Woosi . TROOPS UNDJEK GERMAN IOTP v PEACE TALK IN THE NEWSPAPERS IS CONRICTING Journals of Warring Nations and Neutrals Discuss German Note From Various Angles. The Hague, Sept. 24. The result of the central powers' replies to the . peace note of Pope Benedict seem .hidden so far under a camouflage of conflicting press comment. That was the opinion expressed in diplomatic circles today, based upon extracts of editorials in English, German, Austrian, French and Dutch newspapers. German newspapers make, a. big .display upon the assertion that the German reply really represents the will of the German people and that it was not dictated exclusively by the kaiser. Also the-Teutonic notes seem to have been warmly received Dy a large section of the Austro-Hungari- an press. On the otheT hand dispatches from London and Paris quote news-j papers in inese ciues as iiiir mm the answejs of the two kaisers are "hollow, hypocritical and evasive." There is a division of opinion in the Dutch press. Some of the newspapers express disappointment that the note wa not more explicit regarding . indemnities and the restoration of occupied territories. Others, however, profess to see progress towards peace. The next peace move in Germany probably will conic this week. The main committee of the Reichstag is scheduled to meet on Thursday when Premier Michaelis is. expected to niake a speech touching on the : German replies . to the, pope and their effects. ' " There Is a possibility that the promised speech of the German chancellor will be nioro detailed than any yet made on peace by .a member of the German government. One report from Berlin was that Dr. Michaelis might give general terms regarding the tranter of the territories occupied by the opposing belligerents.MUSTlE-fifE WAR TAX BILL Differences Between House and Senate May Not Be Ironed Out in Conference. Washington, Sept. 24.-The conferees on ' the $2,500,000,000 war revenue 1f 11 were still deadlocked today and indications were that the war profits tax, the main point of disagreement, would have to be largely re-written to bring about a "settlement of the dispute between the two houses. Unable to agree upon. Just what assets should be considered . in mm-puling capital, the conferees have called in all available experts to'aid. Tii definition of ranital is the only obutae lc to an agreement now. j Upon that point, however. elcpemb, the amount of money to be, derived from war profits, and thai fenn.ii the fabilc of the bid. The inllucn-e or t';c nigh'i-tt money ialerc.i's in the nu'i'-n !:sn been bronchi 1 1 l-civ u:oii tho on-j fever-, in ri"ci''ii!; the manner tf, computing raritnl. These intr-rctts van', t':" roe,fe:re-j to oeriJiil llirn to add their :?-' ital a valuation f i :;d w:ll. t.aie . marks. 'reputation, nr.d v;i; -iou;, ot'-cr intangible ars:;t.i. the whi" ' which it might bp dim-ult for tb-govcrument to determine. IU !;-Jug the capitalization high enough, a highly prosperous; concern might be enabled to secure an e:.e;nptiii i:n-der the proposed H per cent Imsis. sufficient to give it complete immunity from any war profits taxation. INFANTILE PARALYSIS CLOSES SALEM SCHOOLS Salem, Sept. 21. Tho infi-nli'.e paralysis epidemic has assumed such! an alarming aspect today that all schools were closed and all children kept off the streets. In a sperjUil meeting of the school board It was decided to keep the schools closed until October 1. : - GOOD ROADS AT CAMP SHERMAX Camp Sherman, .Sept. 24. About 15 miles of new water bound gravel roads, criss-cross ' ing Camp Sherman will be built at a cost of $225,000 if plans of the constructing quartermaster, submitted .for aproval of Secre- tary of War Baker, are accepted. Improved roads are necessary to " camp efficiency and transporta- tion of supplies. The estimated length of the roads is 78,050 feet, and the cost $15,000 a mile. HOWDOESANEW DRAFTED MAN IN CAMPVIEWLIFE? (How does the drafted man view the war, camp life, his selection? To get at the inside of these questions and to reflect the viewpoint of the drafted men, one of the men at Camp Sherman is keeping a dairy for the International News Service. We shall print portions of it from time to time. Editor.) DAIRY OK A DHAFTKD BUCKEYE Camp Sherman What a whooper of a camp. A regular city with its own waterworks, electric light plant sewage disposal plant, railroad tracks, shower baths, laundry and bakery. Five milea wide and seven miles long. There arc hills on three sides and the Scioto river on the fourth, where we can skate and play hockey this winter. --Thesematf-onter" officers 1 heard so much about are RKGULAR fellows. None of them are those kind who cut their hair round in the back you know the ones I mean, It don't hurt to salute a fellow who made the All-American eleven- while playing half at Yale, or one who did 100 yards under 10 flat at Harvard. Last night I was dreaming about having Kaiser Bill in a barber chair, and was just going to trim off hi. mustache and then get a sword to finish the job when I heard the "You can't get 'em up, you can't get 'em up, you can't get em up in the morning" shrilling through the air. They put the bugle in a big megaphone so all can hear. I tumbled out onto the floor, and all the fellows on other cots around me were rubbing their eyes and laughing. "No shop for me today" and such stuff. They were rubbing their arms where we were innocu-lated against typhoid, but otherwise were O. K. And then we made a rush for the mess hall. We could smell the col-fee and sausages as we tumbled down stairs and what we did to that layout was a plenty. No cream for the coffee, and no morning paV at our plates, but as for the re::t it was about tiie same as usual. 1 We took. a hike all over the Ciimp r.r.d learned all about "left face," "about fate," "column left." and' ! h-.it :tul". I'm going in alter one of these non-com job.-.. Might as well be a corporal or a sergeant. We get two mail deliveries a day. and I didn't get antliing today, but will looii 1 .-upper;?. We re s-hy on uniforms and all wn b-tvi; row in a 'new hat with a gay b!ne cr'l. It must make us look like poldi'-rs, though, because the barkeeper won't sell you anything stronger tinn pop with a hat like th:it, 1 hiar. w. m!-;i.ica rrriKs IU II I I V ONE. MAN V. - (. ...ii, Sept. !. If cur tliei n a rc isen t to proud of Am"iie''' d '" rr',iiii'i':i p"cd nd f'.irerci' tere rc.von now t: be pro-id "f l'in leuiTkaMe neeom-rl;'u;i0t.t of nr man .Mijir W. A. S'; rrct?. w,o bui't 1 fi cities each to accommodate 40.000 persons. om-, ib-te '. i' I' li-. ht. hc;, eiifiiit ion a.id HAe'-age systonts. ell ;n three me:iibs. Mrijor W. A. Stfrrtt s an v.r-r!vt"t fcrnve trc Unite! Stntes get Into tb- war. Wh-'n Coneressfv-er'-d T' l -ii ii wirlr Ccrnianv Siar- i(.t; he?anie rhaircnr of the ni-t U!it on, l-.mersrenf y construction of ti ''ouncil of Natlonil Dfcns. As soon b the ronsrription bill was pasi-d Hurreit "t to work nn-!;irnctine the large cntonments tlist arf- new tiou.inc the drafted men of ! NH'onsI Armv. The featIvim-iu.iil-l in bintory. MUCH MYSTERY IN ABSENCE OF PRE. KERENSKY Radicals in Russia Grow Bolder and Make Accusations to Wreck Government. Copenhagen, Sept. 24. The mysterious absence of Premier Kerensky from Petrograd is regarded with sig-nilicance in view of the imminence of a new politiciil crisis, said a dispatch from the Russian capitol dated Sunday, which was received here today. The Bolshiviki group is becoming bolder in its fight for power, tin latest move being accusation! agahist Keiensky by which the rad-icals evidently hope to wreck tin government. Newspapers representing the views' of the radical group of the council of workmen s and soldiers' delegates are demanding a statement from Keiensky explaining what negotiations took place be tween him and Gen. Korniloff at th) time of the Korniloff revolt. Stormy sessions are expected when the democratic conference convenes tomorrow. The representatives of the Maxmilists expressed their determination not only to attack the government with all possible bitter ness, but to make demands foi peace, according to advices received All of the ambassadors of the allies' countries have paid official visits to the Petrograd foreign office where they held official conference with Foreign Minister Terechenke, ii was stated today. The object of the visits was tc question the foreign minister as tc the possibility of the . Bolzkevik. (radicals) getting control of the government. ir:f '-v -...v-lw,. M. Terechenke assured the htoyf that the provisional government Is-determined to follow its announced policies without being influenced oi intimidated by the Right or the Lef: (the two groups of extermists. ) , EXHUME BODY OF WOMAN IN MURDER CASE Louisville, Ky. ' Sept. . 24. Further sensational developments arc expected to follow the announcement that the body of Mrs. Worth Iling ham widow of Henry Flager, w exhumed at 'i o'clock last Ttiesda) morning, and an autopsy held in a cemetery at Wilmington, N. C. Judge Illiighani, who was not present when the body of his wife was exhumed, has intimated be is prepared whenever a chaige is made to meet it with faels. Any further action by Judge Ilingham or his attor neys will be taken, after the result of the examination of the vital or gans. which' it is alleged, were re moved from Mrs. Bingham's body-are made known. Judge Ilinghum in a ..tatement is sued b'st night termed the disinter ment of bis wile's body a "ghastly drama" ami denied lh:it be had anj p- i - r knowledge of the proposed exhumation.KEEPING HOBOES ON THE MOVE NOW Bridgeport. Sept. 21. liobor and loafers are kepi on the run la tween Ohio and West Virginia tins-elays. No sooner does a j;ang Ian on this side of the iier than tiie are driven back. .West Virginia n quires every man to work and man have flocked to this city where ne merous burglaries and c;ss of peti larceny liac been reported. "II T OI I'I'Mn IU I E foi; women i.awyeh New York, S-Vpt. 2 1. - -Supreme Tom JsMi'o (' off has decided tha wo nen lawyers should itnio thei; hats :a addrersinn the cfjrt. Wie you a member of the bar?' .Inst ('o' in niired when .Vary M Lilly at oso to addrrsa him. "Ye?, Your Honor." "Then you should iemoe your hat. like all other lawers." Off it came. American Headquarters in France, Sept. 21. One section of the American army is now at the front, although the Americans have not yet taken their places on the firing line. So dose are the United States soldiers however, that two of them have Ihh'ii slightly wounded. , At present only the fuct will be made public that the Americans are "somewhere on the front" and the sector which they will occupy will not be made known until ; they actually enter the trenche,' The men me in a feverish anviety fo get down to the actual work of fighting, and every soldier is showing a lively desire to "jjo over the top." ; Some of the soldiers have shown such recklessness amid V the shell fire that the officers havje been com-pellerl to warn them. A great comradeship has sprung up (between the Americans and the allied troops on the same line. ? GOVERNMENT TO SAVE MILLIONS ON STEEL PRICES AS AGREED ON TODAY Washington, Sept. 24--President Wilson this afternoon approved the agreement made by tho war industries board and the steel manufacturers. The agreement la subject to revision January 1, 1918. By this settlement iro- nejre, on the basis of lower lake ports, will cost $5.05, ' Coke, at Connelsville,' Pa., will cost $6 net Recent prices were $16. i'lg iron will cost J334 Recently this cost $FS gross. Steel bars, at Pittsburg or Chica RUSSIA 'COMES BACK' TODAY, GOING TIIROUoK THE LINETO GOOD DEPTH NEW GERMAN WAR LOAN CAUSES BERLIN TROUBLE Amsterdam, Sept. 24 Germany ;s meeting with serious obstacles in 'he dotation of her new (seventlt) ,i.r loan. Advices from the frontier today stated that not only are spei-ial inducements being oltered to the (Jerman people, but strong efforts are being made to sell the btinds in Switzerland, Oenmark, and Sweden. n advertising campaign in support of the loan lias been In progress in Holland for several days. SUFFRAGE IS UPMONGRESS Washington, Sept. 24 The first showdown on the suffrage question vill be put up to congress today, .'hairmui Pou of the hduse rules eiiiiai!'ce will bring in a special rule o pi ovi'k for the e real ion et nwo-ti-in suNrace conuuiitee of the oiise. The'lisht will come on the; adopt ion of this rule. Rrjeelion ef the rule, it Is collided by suffrage advocates, would t'i a severe- blow to their cause. U.S. TORPEDO BOAT MEETS WITH ACCIDENT W-i! hiaxien, fMt I An Auieri-jii t"irndo boat that -ent out dis-ej siit.ials i oniew iiere ei!f the '. mflran e-oasl laut nit'it. has beep relet by a destrover and towed nto p ' i (he na1. y U-partment nn-irwfi to-lay. "The explsP:n w;.s- an internal rt"" the yt:iten:er,t : -aid, but beetle! tiiiit no d"t;,ils were, obtained, xcrptiiig that the rrew were safe U-'te r the committee on public in-'orrm'ion revealed tlct the torpedo Mint v-Hs itisabied whil- doing patrol ( o! tl.e Vlreinta Cape;, theae--tdenl tieinc caused by a leaky water tank. FEW HUNDRED MILLIONS ARE ADDED TO THE"BILL Washington. Sept. 24 The t'rg-virv Deficiency hill for eight billion lollars, to which has own adeleJ 9. 000,on n addition, was an nroveM by the senate committeeto-d.ir. IGNORE WILSON IN STRIKE MOVE Seven Thousand Ship Builders Walk Out Despite President's Appeal. Portland. Ore., Sept. 24 Seven thousand ship builders in the Columbia River district are on strike today despite a special appeal made to them by President Wilson, assuring them of a "fair deal". At a mass meeting last night, it was decided all steel workers, 4,000 in all, should lay down their tools this morning. This brings the total number on strike to 7.000. There is a persistent rumor thai other strikes are to be called in this city. go, will cost $2.90 a hundred we'cht, Recently these cost $5.50. Shanes at Pittsburg and Chicago will cort ?, a hundred weight. Recently these cost $6. Plates at Pittsburg and Chicago will cost $3.25 a hundred weight. These recently cost $11 a hundred weight. It is stipulated no reduction Is to be made in wages, and that these prices are to be allowed the public and the allies as well as to tho government. The government and public will be saved millions. Pelt iigrad, Sept. 21. The Russian soldier have advanced Miutli of the Riga Pskov Hue ami have occuple'd (iermaii positions al Sel.emi for a considerable distance the war eiffice announced today. The Russians in f lilted great losses on the e-nenij, over 400 (iermaii corpse's being left em the e-apiureei ground, and tM-sldes I this (to luisoiiers anil a iloen tier-' man nun bine guns were- e iiiluii'd. 'I he Russian e-ounter attack was ! iiiade south eif Jakobsladt whie h the jtieiinnns captured Satuiilay, and e-ast of J he Dvimi. i MARTIAL LAW COMES TO END R. R. STRIKE lJuenos Airiis Sept. L'4, A virtual state eif martial law was In effect here today as a result of tho national railway strike. Forres "of heavily armed soldiers and police are- maintaining order. All of the Inns in Argentine are I ;ii i ii p. . ' , WILL CONFESS ; IF HE'S FREED ! Philadelphia, Sept. 21- Jaeoh i .M.iscla, alias Samuel "Hutch'! ' Seue';l;:e. .N'e-w Yeirk gunman who ! shot and killed Policeman f'Jppely in the bloody ;'irt:i Ward" political merder li t Wednesday, today o-tcieel to e-einless (lie pleil it Captain of Ii' ii e tivi Tate- promised him 1m-j m-'iiit v. MINISTER TO JAPAN TELLS WILSON GOODBYE Washiiicto'i. Sept. L'4. Roland S. MorrK new I'nited States ambassador to Japan, paid a fare-we-ll call 'at the White House today, lie will begin lii- long journey to Tokio to take up his n-'w eluties within a few days. Major Gen. Hugh K. Scott, retired chief of staff of the army, also as received by President Wilson today. Gen. Seott has asked to be sent to the fighting front In France. Toledo Three thousand persons heard Senator Lafolette declare for free speech, een In war time, at the Coliseum. Many left the hall befors he was through talking. , A BIUG1IT SPOT IX " TUB DAY'S NEWS ' Jack Miller Akron dog catch- er, locked the door of the new doghouse and went home for the night. ' Five dogs therein were to be shot at sunrise, or thereabouts. But a kind hearted stranger was touched by the mournful yelping of the curs and let them out. When Miller returned in the morning the dogs barked defi- ancc from a nearby knoll. WOMAN HOLDS POLICE AT BAY WITH GUN Chicago, Sept. 24 Ban leaded behind locked doors, Mrs. Nellie La Pearl, one-e the "equestrienne eiucen of the circus" today held at bay a ripiad of 25 policemen, led by Sergeant Michael Grady who sought to enter her apartment. Mrs. La Pearl biaudislied a revolver and de elated she "would shoot the first policeman who attempted to enter1 without a warrant." Sergeant Grady sought to raid Mrs. La Pearl's apartment after he had seen a number of men drive up in automobiles and enter the place at an early hour today. MORE TRAINING CAMPS FOR U. S. OFFICERS Cambridge, Mass., gept, 24 Reserve ollleei s reserve corps training will continue Indefinitely, the second which is in training giving away to a third and possibly a fourth, according to a statement by Secretary Jiukor to the Harvard Crimson. Men who failod of admission 'to the second" cn inp prdB-ably will l.e admitted to one of the later camps, the secretary's statement says. MORE PERFIDY BOMBSCOMING? Washington Wondering What Else Lansing Has up Sleeve in Way of Exposures. Washington, Sept. 2 I.--Washington is wonilisrlng when tho disclosures of German plotting, perfidy and evidence eif abuse of diplomatic privileges will stop. The Interest, of olllcials and diplomats here in the new Teutoniej peaee moves have been eclipsed, for the time being, In the continued olliclal revelations of German plotting, by tho state department. GOVERNMENT WILL CONTROL COAL MINES Lexington, Ky., Sept. 24. Government control of coal mine's In Kentucky and Tennessee that have been tied up by a strike of 17,000 men for several wee-ks, will be a reality within the: present we-ek. it is believed here today. The be-lief is based on a telegram ref-eive-d from Fuel Administrator Garfi'-ld. Replying tei mi appeal from people of central Kentucky where u fuel famine I.; imminent. Garfield telegraphed:"Suppliers of the Lexington Colliers Co., and the Kentucky Terminal Co., are directed to arrange the delivery of sufficient coal to keep plants In opcratiem.' ' RED CROSS HEAD LAUDSBRAVERY Rome. Sept 24 -Col. George Baker, head jf the American Red Cross mission to Italy, arrived at Naples today after visiting the Austro Italian front. Col. Baker aid that Ibe bravery and efficieney of the Italian troops was a revelation to him. Bucyrus. Sept. 24. Henry Sab-back, eandy maker, has sent each member of Company A, Eighth Ohio regiment now at Camp Sheridan, Ala., a pound box of candy, with a card hearing the wish: "Good Luck, Victory and Safe Return." GERMAN THRUST ! NEW POLITICAL i i MOVEISCLM.I Kaiser's Forces Win Jacob stadt and Make Consider able Advance in East. i London, Sept. 24. The sudden burst of German activity on the eastern front which resulted in the capture of Jacobstadt from the Russians was held by British military critics today to be a political, rather than a military move. The Germans it was nointed out. wanted to offset the depressing effect of the British, victory on the West Flanders front. So, In order to have good news (or the German people launched a sudden offensive at the only point on the battle fronts where they were reasonably sure Of success. Stiff local fighting and violent artillery actions have followed the lirltish thrust northeast and southeast of Ypres. It was necessary for Field Marshal Haig to give his men a breathing spell, not only on account of the bad weather but In order to move forward the big guns and to consolidate the new positions taken from the GermanB. Air activity is again on the Increase. The war office reports much aerial activity on Sunday. Four German planes were driven down out of control, while only two British machines were lost. . Detailed accounts of the fighting in the new British offensive emphasize two points: . First, the severity of the German losses; second, the effects of the British artillery fire. German .prisoners taken In the struggle along the Menln road were so dazed from the British bombardment that it was many hours before they could talk intelligibly. Th German Josses at - Inverness Copse, just north of the Menln road, were frightful. Great mounds of dead Prussians, with arms, legs or heads shot away, blocked the progress ot the advancing British. British surgeons who followed the advance established temporary hespltals in shell craters and treated wounded Germans as well as their own men. An Australian who took part In the hunting at Inverness Copse said that in all his career as soldier, he had never beard such terrific din. Soldiers could not hear the firing ot their own rifles and machine guns, let alone the voices of their officers. Thev kent Dressing forward until they could go no farther, not know ing what commands were given to them. The smoke from shells. grenades and small arms was so thick that the men could see only a yaid or so before them. On the French front the big guns are ngnln active in Champagne and on the Meusc river (Verdun front) indicating that a revival of Infantry lighting on a grand scale may be roiihioiiiing in these sectors thia week. The kaiser has gone to the Roumanian rront. according to Amsterdam advices, but It Is not known what hi- presence tiure presages. MEANS NERVOUS AS TRIAL BEGINS Concord. N. C. Sept. 24. Gaston 1.5. Means, whom the state hopes to hold for the murder ef Mrs. Maude A. King, wealthy New York widow shot in a lonely spot near here, appeared today nervous and worn from lit) hours in jail. . An assumed air of bravado failed to conceal his receignition of the fact that medical evidence will be re-iie'd upon to hold him for murder. Prore-eeling on the theory that Mrs. King could ' not possibly have shot herseir.' the state Introduced its first star witness at the morning session. Dr. Win. Burmeister, coroner's physician of Cook-co, Ills. He related the details of the Inquest after the weird midnight exhumation of the body of the widow of the millionaire Chicago lumber man. the trend of his testimony being that "Mrs. King died 'from a bullet 'peculiarly inflicted' behind the left ear." His testimony was followed by that of Dr. Otto B. Schulze, New York's famous criminal medical expert, who made a detailed study of the wound which caused Mrs. King's death. ThroiiRh his testimony the state attempted to prove the wound was so Inflicted that it could not have come from a weapon fired by tho woman. , i

'ER Dai OUR WIRX NEWS Is so late you do not have to watt till tomorrow morn tag' papers. EPUBL1CAN Fair tonight warmer central" and east portion. Tuesday fair and warmer; Vol. XXXI, No. 95 WOOSTER OHIO. MONDAY, SEPT. 24, 1917 PRICE 2 CEIUS Woosi . TROOPS UNDJEK GERMAN IOTP v PEACE TALK IN THE NEWSPAPERS IS CONRICTING Journals of Warring Nations and Neutrals Discuss German Note From Various Angles. The Hague, Sept. 24. The result of the central powers' replies to the . peace note of Pope Benedict seem .hidden so far under a camouflage of conflicting press comment. That was the opinion expressed in diplomatic circles today, based upon extracts of editorials in English, German, Austrian, French and Dutch newspapers. German newspapers make, a. big .display upon the assertion that the German reply really represents the will of the German people and that it was not dictated exclusively by the kaiser. Also the-Teutonic notes seem to have been warmly received Dy a large section of the Austro-Hungari- an press. On the otheT hand dispatches from London and Paris quote news-j papers in inese ciues as iiiir mm the answejs of the two kaisers are "hollow, hypocritical and evasive." There is a division of opinion in the Dutch press. Some of the newspapers express disappointment that the note wa not more explicit regarding . indemnities and the restoration of occupied territories. Others, however, profess to see progress towards peace. The next peace move in Germany probably will conic this week. The main committee of the Reichstag is scheduled to meet on Thursday when Premier Michaelis is. expected to niake a speech touching on the : German replies . to the, pope and their effects. ' " There Is a possibility that the promised speech of the German chancellor will be nioro detailed than any yet made on peace by .a member of the German government. One report from Berlin was that Dr. Michaelis might give general terms regarding the tranter of the territories occupied by the opposing belligerents.MUSTlE-fifE WAR TAX BILL Differences Between House and Senate May Not Be Ironed Out in Conference. Washington, Sept. 24.-The conferees on ' the $2,500,000,000 war revenue 1f 11 were still deadlocked today and indications were that the war profits tax, the main point of disagreement, would have to be largely re-written to bring about a "settlement of the dispute between the two houses. Unable to agree upon. Just what assets should be considered . in mm-puling capital, the conferees have called in all available experts to'aid. Tii definition of ranital is the only obutae lc to an agreement now. j Upon that point, however. elcpemb, the amount of money to be, derived from war profits, and thai fenn.ii the fabilc of the bid. The inllucn-e or t';c nigh'i-tt money ialerc.i's in the nu'i'-n !:sn been bronchi 1 1 l-civ u:oii tho on-j fever-, in ri"ci''ii!; the manner tf, computing raritnl. These intr-rctts van', t':" roe,fe:re-j to oeriJiil llirn to add their :?-' ital a valuation f i :;d w:ll. t.aie . marks. 'reputation, nr.d v;i; -iou;, ot'-cr intangible ars:;t.i. the whi" ' which it might bp dim-ult for tb-govcrument to determine. IU !;-Jug the capitalization high enough, a highly prosperous; concern might be enabled to secure an e:.e;nptiii i:n-der the proposed H per cent Imsis. sufficient to give it complete immunity from any war profits taxation. INFANTILE PARALYSIS CLOSES SALEM SCHOOLS Salem, Sept. 21. Tho infi-nli'.e paralysis epidemic has assumed such! an alarming aspect today that all schools were closed and all children kept off the streets. In a sperjUil meeting of the school board It was decided to keep the schools closed until October 1. : - GOOD ROADS AT CAMP SHERMAX Camp Sherman, .Sept. 24. About 15 miles of new water bound gravel roads, criss-cross ' ing Camp Sherman will be built at a cost of $225,000 if plans of the constructing quartermaster, submitted .for aproval of Secre- tary of War Baker, are accepted. Improved roads are necessary to " camp efficiency and transporta- tion of supplies. The estimated length of the roads is 78,050 feet, and the cost $15,000 a mile. HOWDOESANEW DRAFTED MAN IN CAMPVIEWLIFE? (How does the drafted man view the war, camp life, his selection? To get at the inside of these questions and to reflect the viewpoint of the drafted men, one of the men at Camp Sherman is keeping a dairy for the International News Service. We shall print portions of it from time to time. Editor.) DAIRY OK A DHAFTKD BUCKEYE Camp Sherman What a whooper of a camp. A regular city with its own waterworks, electric light plant sewage disposal plant, railroad tracks, shower baths, laundry and bakery. Five milea wide and seven miles long. There arc hills on three sides and the Scioto river on the fourth, where we can skate and play hockey this winter. --Thesematf-onter" officers 1 heard so much about are RKGULAR fellows. None of them are those kind who cut their hair round in the back you know the ones I mean, It don't hurt to salute a fellow who made the All-American eleven- while playing half at Yale, or one who did 100 yards under 10 flat at Harvard. Last night I was dreaming about having Kaiser Bill in a barber chair, and was just going to trim off hi. mustache and then get a sword to finish the job when I heard the "You can't get 'em up, you can't get 'em up, you can't get em up in the morning" shrilling through the air. They put the bugle in a big megaphone so all can hear. I tumbled out onto the floor, and all the fellows on other cots around me were rubbing their eyes and laughing. "No shop for me today" and such stuff. They were rubbing their arms where we were innocu-lated against typhoid, but otherwise were O. K. And then we made a rush for the mess hall. We could smell the col-fee and sausages as we tumbled down stairs and what we did to that layout was a plenty. No cream for the coffee, and no morning paV at our plates, but as for the re::t it was about tiie same as usual. 1 We took. a hike all over the Ciimp r.r.d learned all about "left face," "about fate," "column left." and' ! h-.it :tul". I'm going in alter one of these non-com job.-.. Might as well be a corporal or a sergeant. We get two mail deliveries a day. and I didn't get antliing today, but will looii 1 .-upper;?. We re s-hy on uniforms and all wn b-tvi; row in a 'new hat with a gay b!ne cr'l. It must make us look like poldi'-rs, though, because the barkeeper won't sell you anything stronger tinn pop with a hat like th:it, 1 hiar. w. m!-;i.ica rrriKs IU II I I V ONE. MAN V. - (. ...ii, Sept. !. If cur tliei n a rc isen t to proud of Am"iie''' d '" rr',iiii'i':i p"cd nd f'.irerci' tere rc.von now t: be pro-id "f l'in leuiTkaMe neeom-rl;'u;i0t.t of nr man .Mijir W. A. S'; rrct?. w,o bui't 1 fi cities each to accommodate 40.000 persons. om-, ib-te '. i' I' li-. ht. hc;, eiifiiit ion a.id HAe'-age systonts. ell ;n three me:iibs. Mrijor W. A. Stfrrtt s an v.r-r!vt"t fcrnve trc Unite! Stntes get Into tb- war. Wh-'n Coneressfv-er'-d T' l -ii ii wirlr Ccrnianv Siar- i(.t; he?anie rhaircnr of the ni-t U!it on, l-.mersrenf y construction of ti ''ouncil of Natlonil Dfcns. As soon b the ronsrription bill was pasi-d Hurreit "t to work nn-!;irnctine the large cntonments tlist arf- new tiou.inc the drafted men of ! NH'onsI Armv. The featIvim-iu.iil-l in bintory. MUCH MYSTERY IN ABSENCE OF PRE. KERENSKY Radicals in Russia Grow Bolder and Make Accusations to Wreck Government. Copenhagen, Sept. 24. The mysterious absence of Premier Kerensky from Petrograd is regarded with sig-nilicance in view of the imminence of a new politiciil crisis, said a dispatch from the Russian capitol dated Sunday, which was received here today. The Bolshiviki group is becoming bolder in its fight for power, tin latest move being accusation! agahist Keiensky by which the rad-icals evidently hope to wreck tin government. Newspapers representing the views' of the radical group of the council of workmen s and soldiers' delegates are demanding a statement from Keiensky explaining what negotiations took place be tween him and Gen. Korniloff at th) time of the Korniloff revolt. Stormy sessions are expected when the democratic conference convenes tomorrow. The representatives of the Maxmilists expressed their determination not only to attack the government with all possible bitter ness, but to make demands foi peace, according to advices received All of the ambassadors of the allies' countries have paid official visits to the Petrograd foreign office where they held official conference with Foreign Minister Terechenke, ii was stated today. The object of the visits was tc question the foreign minister as tc the possibility of the . Bolzkevik. (radicals) getting control of the government. ir:f '-v -...v-lw,. M. Terechenke assured the htoyf that the provisional government Is-determined to follow its announced policies without being influenced oi intimidated by the Right or the Lef: (the two groups of extermists. ) , EXHUME BODY OF WOMAN IN MURDER CASE Louisville, Ky. ' Sept. . 24. Further sensational developments arc expected to follow the announcement that the body of Mrs. Worth Iling ham widow of Henry Flager, w exhumed at 'i o'clock last Ttiesda) morning, and an autopsy held in a cemetery at Wilmington, N. C. Judge Illiighani, who was not present when the body of his wife was exhumed, has intimated be is prepared whenever a chaige is made to meet it with faels. Any further action by Judge Ilingham or his attor neys will be taken, after the result of the examination of the vital or gans. which' it is alleged, were re moved from Mrs. Bingham's body-are made known. Judge Ilinghum in a ..tatement is sued b'st night termed the disinter ment of bis wile's body a "ghastly drama" ami denied lh:it be had anj p- i - r knowledge of the proposed exhumation.KEEPING HOBOES ON THE MOVE NOW Bridgeport. Sept. 21. liobor and loafers are kepi on the run la tween Ohio and West Virginia tins-elays. No sooner does a j;ang Ian on this side of the iier than tiie are driven back. .West Virginia n quires every man to work and man have flocked to this city where ne merous burglaries and c;ss of peti larceny liac been reported. "II T OI I'I'Mn IU I E foi; women i.awyeh New York, S-Vpt. 2 1. - -Supreme Tom JsMi'o (' off has decided tha wo nen lawyers should itnio thei; hats :a addrersinn the cfjrt. Wie you a member of the bar?' .Inst ('o' in niired when .Vary M Lilly at oso to addrrsa him. "Ye?, Your Honor." "Then you should iemoe your hat. like all other lawers." Off it came. American Headquarters in France, Sept. 21. One section of the American army is now at the front, although the Americans have not yet taken their places on the firing line. So dose are the United States soldiers however, that two of them have Ihh'ii slightly wounded. , At present only the fuct will be made public that the Americans are "somewhere on the front" and the sector which they will occupy will not be made known until ; they actually enter the trenche,' The men me in a feverish anviety fo get down to the actual work of fighting, and every soldier is showing a lively desire to "jjo over the top." ; Some of the soldiers have shown such recklessness amid V the shell fire that the officers havje been com-pellerl to warn them. A great comradeship has sprung up (between the Americans and the allied troops on the same line. ? GOVERNMENT TO SAVE MILLIONS ON STEEL PRICES AS AGREED ON TODAY Washington, Sept. 24--President Wilson this afternoon approved the agreement made by tho war industries board and the steel manufacturers. The agreement la subject to revision January 1, 1918. By this settlement iro- nejre, on the basis of lower lake ports, will cost $5.05, ' Coke, at Connelsville,' Pa., will cost $6 net Recent prices were $16. i'lg iron will cost J334 Recently this cost $FS gross. Steel bars, at Pittsburg or Chica RUSSIA 'COMES BACK' TODAY, GOING TIIROUoK THE LINETO GOOD DEPTH NEW GERMAN WAR LOAN CAUSES BERLIN TROUBLE Amsterdam, Sept. 24 Germany ;s meeting with serious obstacles in 'he dotation of her new (seventlt) ,i.r loan. Advices from the frontier today stated that not only are spei-ial inducements being oltered to the (Jerman people, but strong efforts are being made to sell the btinds in Switzerland, Oenmark, and Sweden. n advertising campaign in support of the loan lias been In progress in Holland for several days. SUFFRAGE IS UPMONGRESS Washington, Sept. 24 The first showdown on the suffrage question vill be put up to congress today, .'hairmui Pou of the hduse rules eiiiiai!'ce will bring in a special rule o pi ovi'k for the e real ion et nwo-ti-in suNrace conuuiitee of the oiise. The'lisht will come on the; adopt ion of this rule. Rrjeelion ef the rule, it Is collided by suffrage advocates, would t'i a severe- blow to their cause. U.S. TORPEDO BOAT MEETS WITH ACCIDENT W-i! hiaxien, fMt I An Auieri-jii t"irndo boat that -ent out dis-ej siit.ials i oniew iiere ei!f the '. mflran e-oasl laut nit'it. has beep relet by a destrover and towed nto p ' i (he na1. y U-partment nn-irwfi to-lay. "The explsP:n w;.s- an internal rt"" the yt:iten:er,t : -aid, but beetle! tiiiit no d"t;,ils were, obtained, xcrptiiig that the rrew were safe U-'te r the committee on public in-'orrm'ion revealed tlct the torpedo Mint v-Hs itisabied whil- doing patrol ( o! tl.e Vlreinta Cape;, theae--tdenl tieinc caused by a leaky water tank. FEW HUNDRED MILLIONS ARE ADDED TO THE"BILL Washington. Sept. 24 The t'rg-virv Deficiency hill for eight billion lollars, to which has own adeleJ 9. 000,on n addition, was an nroveM by the senate committeeto-d.ir. IGNORE WILSON IN STRIKE MOVE Seven Thousand Ship Builders Walk Out Despite President's Appeal. Portland. Ore., Sept. 24 Seven thousand ship builders in the Columbia River district are on strike today despite a special appeal made to them by President Wilson, assuring them of a "fair deal". At a mass meeting last night, it was decided all steel workers, 4,000 in all, should lay down their tools this morning. This brings the total number on strike to 7.000. There is a persistent rumor thai other strikes are to be called in this city. go, will cost $2.90 a hundred we'cht, Recently these cost $5.50. Shanes at Pittsburg and Chicago will cort ?, a hundred weight. Recently these cost $6. Plates at Pittsburg and Chicago will cost $3.25 a hundred weight. These recently cost $11 a hundred weight. It is stipulated no reduction Is to be made in wages, and that these prices are to be allowed the public and the allies as well as to tho government. The government and public will be saved millions. Pelt iigrad, Sept. 21. The Russian soldier have advanced Miutli of the Riga Pskov Hue ami have occuple'd (iermaii positions al Sel.emi for a considerable distance the war eiffice announced today. The Russians in f lilted great losses on the e-nenij, over 400 (iermaii corpse's being left em the e-apiureei ground, and tM-sldes I this (to luisoiiers anil a iloen tier-' man nun bine guns were- e iiiluii'd. 'I he Russian e-ounter attack was ! iiiade south eif Jakobsladt whie h the jtieiinnns captured Satuiilay, and e-ast of J he Dvimi. i MARTIAL LAW COMES TO END R. R. STRIKE lJuenos Airiis Sept. L'4, A virtual state eif martial law was In effect here today as a result of tho national railway strike. Forres "of heavily armed soldiers and police are- maintaining order. All of the Inns in Argentine are I ;ii i ii p. . ' , WILL CONFESS ; IF HE'S FREED ! Philadelphia, Sept. 21- Jaeoh i .M.iscla, alias Samuel "Hutch'! ' Seue';l;:e. .N'e-w Yeirk gunman who ! shot and killed Policeman f'Jppely in the bloody ;'irt:i Ward" political merder li t Wednesday, today o-tcieel to e-einless (lie pleil it Captain of Ii' ii e tivi Tate- promised him 1m-j m-'iiit v. MINISTER TO JAPAN TELLS WILSON GOODBYE Washiiicto'i. Sept. L'4. Roland S. MorrK new I'nited States ambassador to Japan, paid a fare-we-ll call 'at the White House today, lie will begin lii- long journey to Tokio to take up his n-'w eluties within a few days. Major Gen. Hugh K. Scott, retired chief of staff of the army, also as received by President Wilson today. Gen. Seott has asked to be sent to the fighting front In France. Toledo Three thousand persons heard Senator Lafolette declare for free speech, een In war time, at the Coliseum. Many left the hall befors he was through talking. , A BIUG1IT SPOT IX " TUB DAY'S NEWS ' Jack Miller Akron dog catch- er, locked the door of the new doghouse and went home for the night. ' Five dogs therein were to be shot at sunrise, or thereabouts. But a kind hearted stranger was touched by the mournful yelping of the curs and let them out. When Miller returned in the morning the dogs barked defi- ancc from a nearby knoll. WOMAN HOLDS POLICE AT BAY WITH GUN Chicago, Sept. 24 Ban leaded behind locked doors, Mrs. Nellie La Pearl, one-e the "equestrienne eiucen of the circus" today held at bay a ripiad of 25 policemen, led by Sergeant Michael Grady who sought to enter her apartment. Mrs. La Pearl biaudislied a revolver and de elated she "would shoot the first policeman who attempted to enter1 without a warrant." Sergeant Grady sought to raid Mrs. La Pearl's apartment after he had seen a number of men drive up in automobiles and enter the place at an early hour today. MORE TRAINING CAMPS FOR U. S. OFFICERS Cambridge, Mass., gept, 24 Reserve ollleei s reserve corps training will continue Indefinitely, the second which is in training giving away to a third and possibly a fourth, according to a statement by Secretary Jiukor to the Harvard Crimson. Men who failod of admission 'to the second" cn inp prdB-ably will l.e admitted to one of the later camps, the secretary's statement says. MORE PERFIDY BOMBSCOMING? Washington Wondering What Else Lansing Has up Sleeve in Way of Exposures. Washington, Sept. 2 I.--Washington is wonilisrlng when tho disclosures of German plotting, perfidy and evidence eif abuse of diplomatic privileges will stop. The Interest, of olllcials and diplomats here in the new Teutoniej peaee moves have been eclipsed, for the time being, In the continued olliclal revelations of German plotting, by tho state department. GOVERNMENT WILL CONTROL COAL MINES Lexington, Ky., Sept. 24. Government control of coal mine's In Kentucky and Tennessee that have been tied up by a strike of 17,000 men for several wee-ks, will be a reality within the: present we-ek. it is believed here today. The be-lief is based on a telegram ref-eive-d from Fuel Administrator Garfi'-ld. Replying tei mi appeal from people of central Kentucky where u fuel famine I.; imminent. Garfield telegraphed:"Suppliers of the Lexington Colliers Co., and the Kentucky Terminal Co., are directed to arrange the delivery of sufficient coal to keep plants In opcratiem.' ' RED CROSS HEAD LAUDSBRAVERY Rome. Sept 24 -Col. George Baker, head jf the American Red Cross mission to Italy, arrived at Naples today after visiting the Austro Italian front. Col. Baker aid that Ibe bravery and efficieney of the Italian troops was a revelation to him. Bucyrus. Sept. 24. Henry Sab-back, eandy maker, has sent each member of Company A, Eighth Ohio regiment now at Camp Sheridan, Ala., a pound box of candy, with a card hearing the wish: "Good Luck, Victory and Safe Return." GERMAN THRUST ! NEW POLITICAL i i MOVEISCLM.I Kaiser's Forces Win Jacob stadt and Make Consider able Advance in East. i London, Sept. 24. The sudden burst of German activity on the eastern front which resulted in the capture of Jacobstadt from the Russians was held by British military critics today to be a political, rather than a military move. The Germans it was nointed out. wanted to offset the depressing effect of the British, victory on the West Flanders front. So, In order to have good news (or the German people launched a sudden offensive at the only point on the battle fronts where they were reasonably sure Of success. Stiff local fighting and violent artillery actions have followed the lirltish thrust northeast and southeast of Ypres. It was necessary for Field Marshal Haig to give his men a breathing spell, not only on account of the bad weather but In order to move forward the big guns and to consolidate the new positions taken from the GermanB. Air activity is again on the Increase. The war office reports much aerial activity on Sunday. Four German planes were driven down out of control, while only two British machines were lost. . Detailed accounts of the fighting in the new British offensive emphasize two points: . First, the severity of the German losses; second, the effects of the British artillery fire. German .prisoners taken In the struggle along the Menln road were so dazed from the British bombardment that it was many hours before they could talk intelligibly. Th German Josses at - Inverness Copse, just north of the Menln road, were frightful. Great mounds of dead Prussians, with arms, legs or heads shot away, blocked the progress ot the advancing British. British surgeons who followed the advance established temporary hespltals in shell craters and treated wounded Germans as well as their own men. An Australian who took part In the hunting at Inverness Copse said that in all his career as soldier, he had never beard such terrific din. Soldiers could not hear the firing ot their own rifles and machine guns, let alone the voices of their officers. Thev kent Dressing forward until they could go no farther, not know ing what commands were given to them. The smoke from shells. grenades and small arms was so thick that the men could see only a yaid or so before them. On the French front the big guns are ngnln active in Champagne and on the Meusc river (Verdun front) indicating that a revival of Infantry lighting on a grand scale may be roiihioiiiing in these sectors thia week. The kaiser has gone to the Roumanian rront. according to Amsterdam advices, but It Is not known what hi- presence tiure presages. MEANS NERVOUS AS TRIAL BEGINS Concord. N. C. Sept. 24. Gaston 1.5. Means, whom the state hopes to hold for the murder ef Mrs. Maude A. King, wealthy New York widow shot in a lonely spot near here, appeared today nervous and worn from lit) hours in jail. . An assumed air of bravado failed to conceal his receignition of the fact that medical evidence will be re-iie'd upon to hold him for murder. Prore-eeling on the theory that Mrs. King could ' not possibly have shot herseir.' the state Introduced its first star witness at the morning session. Dr. Win. Burmeister, coroner's physician of Cook-co, Ills. He related the details of the Inquest after the weird midnight exhumation of the body of the widow of the millionaire Chicago lumber man. the trend of his testimony being that "Mrs. King died 'from a bullet 'peculiarly inflicted' behind the left ear." His testimony was followed by that of Dr. Otto B. Schulze, New York's famous criminal medical expert, who made a detailed study of the wound which caused Mrs. King's death. ThroiiRh his testimony the state attempted to prove the wound was so Inflicted that it could not have come from a weapon fired by tho woman. , i